Chapter 42: Battle Mage Advancement: Demon Refining
The arrival of reinforcements such as the Maple Leaf Knights defeated the Bavarian army led by Diodos in time, and the siege of Probez was lifted. After the enemy retreated to Plevey, Naxi finally breathed a sigh of relief. During those difficult days, he became the busiest man, both presiding over the operation of the formation magic and sticking to the front line of the city's defense. Looking back, Naxi also sighed a little about how he survived.
At the celebration after the siege was lifted, Naxi was awarded the Patriot Medal by Prince Harold, making him the first non-Maple Leaf Knights to receive it. With the exception of Nasi, all the members of the 2nd Talak Frontier Regiment who were at the forefront were duly commended. Many people cried when they touched the medals hanging on their chests, and the constant surging honors and thoughts of those fallen comrades made them unable to suppress the excitement in their hearts.
The follow-up process was carried out in an orderly manner under the coordination of Prince Harold. The collapsed defenses were reorganized, and the walls of Probez, which had been smashed to pieces in the fierce battle, were rebuilt. This time, there was plenty of time, and most of the Bohemian soldiers joined in the rebuilding of the city's defenses, with artisans who arrived with reinforcements leading the reconstruction.
It's early January, and the snow doesn't fall anymore at this time of year, and the road connecting to the rear is almost cleared. The convoy carrying various supplies to Probez also carried the seriously wounded who had been stranded in Probez on its return to MladΓ‘.
Ronio, the commander of the Frontier Regiment who was already conscious, did not expect Prince Harold to rush back from Patternia, he was a little apprehensive after suffering two defeats in succession, he knew that his recklessness had caused many soldiers of the Frontier Regiment to die on the territory of other countries. The prince did not say anything about his defeat, but somewhat indifferently asked the man in charge of logistics to escort the wounded old man to Hui Mlada to recuperate.
While the whole of Probez was busy, Naxi finally felt a lot more relaxed. Now that he is the head of the Bohemian Magic Order, this rocket-like leap has earned him a seat at the military council. Under this influence, the treatment of magicians has also improved, and they have become the object of the eyes of many soldiers. You have to know these guys in robes. The treatment is already several times better than that of ordinary soldiers.
Although the recruitment of magicians has already begun in Bohemia in the rear, it will be some time before the recruits will arrive in Probez. In this brief hiatus, he was not entangled in mundane matters, and he planned to take a look at the battle mage notes that Angelo had left for him.
Naxi still has a lot of respect for this deceased mentor. As the top mage of Valhalla and even Yephalan, Angelo's notes almost encapsulated his life's work. In some messy notes, there are various trainings about the advancement of war mages, detailed explanations of various battle mage spells, analysis of the differences between different battle mage schools, and some of Angelo's ideas about the breakthrough of high-level skills of war mages.
It can be said that Angelo's legacy encompasses almost everything he knows about war mages, and he hopes that he can find fewer detours from these notes and go further in his battle mage practice.
Holding the Mage Notes that didn't belong to you. Naxi was also a little embarrassed. After struggling with his old memories, he opened a notebook he hadn't read.
β...... The biggest difference between a mage and a mage is whether or not the mana participates in the net replacement reaction. So at this point, the magic that is guided outside the body or even plastically attached to other things will naturally not produce the terrifying lethality of magic. Could it be that the demon flow has no other role than shaping, is the battle mage just a second-rate martial artist with magical powers..."
Flipping through the back of this paragraph, Naxi also resonates. To be honest, he doesn't really like being a mage, and he doesn't have any other professional advantages at all, except for shaping and attaching them. If he hadn't practiced such good fighting skills in Ye Flan, he would have been beaten into a pig's head a long time ago just by relying on a few moves that came and went.
Put away the exclamation. Naxi continued to read along Angelo's story.
β...... Unlike mages, who practice complex and tedious advanced exercises, advanced mages do not need to accumulate so much knowledge. What it requires is that the mage must have a super solid foundation in order to make further breakthroughs. When the skills of mana shaping and mana attachment are very proficient, the advanced learning of the battle mage has also reached the next stage: magic refining ......"
A tentative term struck Naxi's eyes. He suddenly had a feeling that the mage skills he was going to encounter next would be an eye-opener for him.
The skill of attaching low-level magic to the weapon attached to the magic is not unique to the mage, and the mid-level mage is playing tricks on the magic shaping and magic attachment over and over, which is equivalent to the skill of the mage's enchantment except for increasing the physical characteristics of the fight, and does not use any other purpose except to increase the physical characteristics of the fight.
Once the battle mage's cultivation reaches the stage of demon refining. The true professional expertise of the Mage really arrives.
β...... If the magic refining is literally interpreted, it should be the refining of mana, and this reaction is a bit like the displacement reaction of mana in the magic net, but the final result of the transformation is different. Mana can be exchanged for magic with a variety of different attributes through the magic web. And magic refining is the existence that refines magic into pure energy. The displacement reaction is to guide the magic power to the ubiquitous magic net to carry out the displacement reaction, while the magic refining reaction is carried out in the surrounding space, and the closer the magic power channeled to the outside of the body is to the body, the easier it is to react. But this is also more dangerous, because after the transformation of magic refining, the magic power that turns into a pure energy body is extremely explosive, and if it is not controlled well, it will hurt the caster's own ......"
According to the literal understanding, Naxi felt that this principle was a bit like the existence of the high-level weapon magic guide cannon of the Ye Flange Law Supervision Council. Using a magic energy crystal or magic power powered by a magic cannon works in much the same way as described above. In this way, Naxi felt that this was another rhythm of playing with life, and the effect of magic refining was not to make the battle mage itself a straight-through cannon similar to a magic guide cannon?
Continuing to read with such questions, Naxi found that what he said was really similar to what he thought.
The theoretical part of the guide has passed, and the next thing is the practice method of magic refining.
Naxi cautiously proceeded with the simplest of magic flow guidance. The magic condensed into a ball floated above the palm of his left hand like a white ball of light. According to the method described in this note, Naxi began to slowly enter a state of displacing mana. The process of alchemy requires the caster to devote great concentration to control the entire reaction process of alchemy.
Naxi, who was not very skilled, suddenly felt something strange about the ball of light suspended in the palm of his hand, and before he could stop it, it suddenly flashed.
"Bang!"
The sudden explosion blew half of Naxi's house in half, and pedestrians were hit by the sudden explosion.
In the smoke, a somewhat embarrassed figure staggered and struggled.
"Damn, it's so dangerous!, how did those previous mages train?" (to be continued......)
PS: Because of some new settings, it was delayed, so I didn't change it yesterday.